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May 10th, 2013: Mary Poppins (1964)

May10 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Animation, Based on a Book, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film Tagged "England", Alan Napier, annoying children, Arthur Malet, bank, banker, before they were famous, Best Actress, Best Adapted Score Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Effects Best Visual Effects, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, chimney sweep, comedic working class, David Tomlinson, Dick Van Dyke, Disney, Ed Wynn, Elsa Lanchester, feminist, Glynis Johns, Jane Darwell, Julie Andrews, live action combined with animation, Marnie Nixon, nanny, suffragettes, terrible accent, Walt Disney

The Iron Lady (2011)

Aug2 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Biopic, Drama, Full Reviews, Reviews Tagged "Old Person Looks Back", Anthony Head, Best Actress, Best Makeup, Britain, Canal+, dementia, Falklands, Film Four, flashback, Jim Broadbent, Meryl Streep, Michael Cochrane, Olivia Colman, Oscar bait, Pathe, Prestige Picture, Richard E. Grant, Thomas Newman, UK Film Council

February 29th, 2012: Gone With The Wind (1939)

Feb29 by David Cole

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Romance, War Movies Tagged Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Picture, Best Sound Recording, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Best Visual Effects, Butterfly McQueen, Clark Gable, David O. Selznick, Hattie McDaniel, Leslie Howard, Max Steiner, Olivia de Havilland, Sidney Howard, Victor Fleming, Vivien Leigh

November 16th, 2011: It Happened One Night (1934)

Nov16 by professormortis

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3 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, Romance, Screwball, The Original Tagged Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Picture, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Columbia Pictures, Frank Capra, New York City, Ward Bond

July 7th, 2011: Gaslight (1944)

Jul7 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Let's Drive X Mad", Based on a Play, Black and White, Drama, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Remake, Thriller, Women's Picture Tagged Angela Lansbury, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Charles Boyer, George Cukor, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotton, Loew's, MGM, thief

May 11th, 2011: Fargo (1996)

May11 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Arthouse, Black Comedy, Comedy, Cops, Crime, Indy, Movie of the Day, Spoof Tagged Best Actress, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Carter Burwell, Ethan Coen, Frances McDormand, Joel Coen, kidnapping, Peter Stormare, PolyGram, pregnancy, Steve Buscemi, William H. Macy, wood chipper, Working Title Films

March 8th, 2011: Norma Rae

Mar8 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Drama, Movie of the Day Tagged 20th Century Fox, Beau Bridges, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Song, Bob Minor, factory, Frank McRae, Gregory Walcott, Martin Ritt, Pat Hingle, Ron Liebman, Sally Field, union

Norma Rae

Jan21 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Drama, Full Reviews, Reviews Tagged 20th Century Fox, Beau Bridges, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Song, Bob Minor, factory, Frank McRae, Gregory Walcott, Martin Ritt, Pat Hingle, Ron Liebman, Sally Field, union

January 7th, 2011: Mildred Pierce (1945)

Jan7 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, The Original, Women's Picture Tagged Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Butterfly McQueen, Eve Arden, femme fatale, Jack Carson, Joan Crawford, Michael Curtiz, twist, Warner Brothers

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